[04:32] <raubvogel> Can anyone explain me the deal with 127.0.1.1? How is it used? Must I have the hostname for a machine suing dhcp associated with that IP always?
[04:37] <philipballew> raubvogel, i am not sure
[04:38] <philipballew> but you could try #ubuntu-server as well
[04:38] <philipballew> or #ubuntu
[06:22] <Chacious> does anyone know of an "app" in ubuntu, not another distro that is a good media center?
[06:22] <Chacious> everything im finding is another distorbution
[06:24] <mysteriousdarren> just install the media center for ubuntu, what exactly are you looking for? VLC works awesome
[06:25] <Chacious> "the" media center for ubuntu?
[06:25] <Chacious> ill have a look but didnt see anything in software center
[06:26] <Chacious> basically looking to stream stuff over the network from linux to windows
[06:26] <Chacious> was debating on jus doing a winamp local shoutcast but not sure how well that would do videos
[06:27] <mysteriousdarren> I have used VLC for streaming alot works awesome
[06:27] <Chacious> from linux to windows as well?
[06:27] <Chacious> sweet
[06:27] <mysteriousdarren> google it, ya works cross platform
[06:28] <Chacious> i wanna have my external hd hooked to my linux box coz it's my always on boinc server
[06:29] <mysteriousdarren> nice
[06:29] <Chacious> if i install it through terminal "vlc" will it give me the gui version as well?
[06:29] <philipballew> yes
[06:29] <mysteriousdarren> yes
[06:29] <Chacious> i have putty on my windows machine so i dont have to run to my old laptop every time i want to do something on linux
[06:29] <Chacious> k thx
[06:30] <Chacious> and my new laptop i take with me when i go places for longer than a couple hours so I can putty home and check stuff
[06:30] <Chacious> so i dont like to have my external hd hooked to it installing thanx
[06:31] <Chacious> gotta install a remote desktop app so i dont have to run to my linux box  at all hehe
[06:31] <mysteriousdarren> ya i have one on my touchpad so I can just not get off the couch
[06:31] <Chacious> had vnc4server running at one time, but had issues getting it to create a virtual deskto pfor it rather than using physical one and turning monitor on
[06:31] <Chacious> very handy :)
[06:32] <Chacious> I was going to dual boot xp/ubuntu if my new laptop came with vista lol
[06:32] <Chacious> going to college so i do need some semblance of windows
[06:35] <Chacious> i have boinc "always on" on that laptop so im going to see how the performance is :)
[06:36] <mysteriousdarren> boinc...I need to get back into that
[06:37] <Chacious> i have both my laptops always on right now going to set my newer one to run for 5 hours than sleep since older one is always on
[06:37] <Chacious> save lil energy
[06:39] <mysteriousdarren> decent specs? I had 4 laptops and 5 desktops, but the heat uff da
[06:39] <Chacious> sweet!
[06:41] <Chacious> my old laptop is a crappy in tel 1.3 ghz 1.25 gb ram inspiron 1200 running ubuntu my newer one is an amd dual core laptop
[06:41] <mysteriousdarren> ya I am about ready to get two quad cores and maybe see how that runs
[06:41] <Chacious> mmmm
[06:41] <Chacious> i was going to buy an amd phenom 2 x4 a while back but instead of buying the chip i stupidly bought an android phone
[06:42] <Chacious> kick myself every day for that
[06:42] <mysteriousdarren> it gets too hot though sometimes, not the heat of just one or two but all of them are a lil much
[06:43] <Chacious> o
[06:43] <Chacious> no need for a heater than :)
[06:46] <mysteriousdarren> ya feels like a blowtorch
[06:47] <Chacious> o wow
[06:48] <mysteriousdarren> ya get the idea
[06:49] <mysteriousdarren> use lubuntu too for your laptop
[06:49] <mysteriousdarren> makes it fly!
[11:38] <mike1987> Hello, im fairly new to Ubuntu, ive been using for maybe a year on my desktop, recently installed it on my SFF pc thats plugged into my 60" 600hz plasma TV, only thing is my refresh for 1920x1080 is stuck at 60hz and looks god awful, ive look online at a Askubuntu question for 11.10 followed the xrandr commands but still no joy, is there a gui way of doing this on 11.10?
[11:39] <Snicksie> maybe its a graphical card driver problem mike1987, did you install those drivers? If not, it means you work on the standard drivers, which will work, but will let you do less than might be possible with your card
[12:13] <CrazyThinker> Is there any way to hide the edges of apps in ubuntu launcher
[12:25] <duanedesign> hello CrazyThinker
[12:26] <duanedesign> CrazyThinker: not sure i understand
[12:35] <CrazyThinker> duanedesign, I've installed Compiz config
[12:37] <CrazyThinker> duanedesign, Did you get my messages?
[17:01] <ToeTag> is anyone available to help talk me through using netbootin to run a 'live cd' (via usb stick) of lubuntu?
[17:01] <ToeTag> i've booted from the usb and have a menu, but only see options for 'install'-type stuff, nothing about 'try without....' etc
[17:05] <stlsaint> ToeTag: is there a "Default" option?
[20:05] <agemyth> hello!
[20:19] <inference> how do i format a separate hard disk from the command line? im not sure how to designate which to format
[20:20] <geirha> First off, run    sudo fdisk -l   to list all harddrives and their partitions.
[20:21] <inference> so the one i want is /dev/sda
[20:22] <geirha> You best be sure :)
[20:23] <geirha> If that's the one, you run   sudo fidk /dev/sda   to partition it.
[20:24] <geirha> err, not fidk, fdisk
[20:24] <geirha> weird typo
[20:24] <inference> http://pastebin.com/CstvuPcs
[20:24] <inference> i want the one with 2 tb
[20:26] <geirha> Hm. GPT, never had any experience with that partition table.
[20:27] <geirha> fdisk will probably allow you to overwrite it with an msdos partition table, which your other two disks are using.
[20:32] <inference> its all gibberish to me :(
[20:32] <inference> gpt?
[20:32] <inference> one of my disks should be using the linux file system
[20:32] <inference> and i have another 1tb and another 2tb drive
[20:34] <geirha> Hm? According to your pastebin you have one 2TB drive and two 1TB drives
[20:36] <inference> yeah
[20:36] <inference> one of those 1tb should be in a l;inux file system
[20:37] <geirha> /dev/sdc has a linux partition and a swap partition. A typical "Ubuntu installer use whole disk" setup
[20:39] <geirha> /dev/sdb has a windows partition, probably NTFS with a Windows install
[22:18] <inference> should i use a particular file system for large drives
[22:41] <mysteriousdarren> what are you gonna use it for?
[22:49] <inference> archiving torrents mysteriousdarren
[22:51] <mysteriousdarren> used with linux or windows or both?
[22:51] <mysteriousdarren> used with raid?
[22:53] <inference> linux, alone
[23:05] <mysteriousdarren> ext4 is what I use, some admins like ext2 or 3 for speed. Depends on archiving, and how much fallback is needed.
[23:09] <inference> it seems after formatting that i cant access it...
[23:09] <inference> any idea why?
[23:09] <mysteriousdarren> ext3 is stable and ext4 is fast take your pick
[23:09] <inference> i mount it and the only folder in there is 'lost+found' and i cant add any data
[23:09] <mysteriousdarren> formatting? what did you do?
[23:09] <mysteriousdarren> permissions?
[23:09] <inference> i created a partition and formatted it
[23:10] <mysteriousdarren> on a hd? internal?
[23:10] <inference> yes
[23:10] <mysteriousdarren> set permissions for yourself as owner
[23:10] <inference> er
[23:10] <inference> how does one go about that
[23:11] <mysteriousdarren> I'm looking for a link
[23:11] <geirha> sudo chown "$USER:" /the/mount/point
[23:12] <geirha> $USER will expand to the username you logged in with
[23:13] <inference> automatically or i need to replace it?
[23:13] <inference> is the mount point /media/ or dev/sda1
[23:14] <mysteriousdarren> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1112550
[23:14] <mysteriousdarren> this will take care of it all
[23:15] <inference> fantastic, thanks
[23:16] <mysteriousdarren> your welcome